[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.281 # Skandapurana 16.281 Skandapurāṇa 16.281 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.281.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. kasyacittvatha kālasya tridaśāvaśvinau priye .. kṛtābhiṣekāṃ vivṛtāṃ sukanyāṃ tāmapaśyatām .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, at some time, O dear one, the two gods, the Aśvins, / saw that Sukanyā, who had completed her bath and was unveiled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.2) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā darśanīyāṃgīṃ devarājasutāmiva .. ūcatuḥ samabhidrutya nāsatyāvaśvināvatha .. 2 .. > Seeing her with lovely limbs, like the daughter of the king of gods, / the two Nāsatyas, the Aśvins, ran up and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.3) kasya tvamasi vāmoru kiṃ vane'smiṃścikīrṣasi.. icchāvastvāṃ ca vijñātuṃ tattvamākhyāhi śobhane .. 3 .. > "Whose \[daughter or wife\] are you, O fair-thighed one? What do you wish to do in this forest? / We wish to know you. Tell us the truth, O fair one." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.4) tataḥ sukanyā saṃvītā tāvuvāca surottamau .. śaryātitanayāṃ vittaṃ bhāryāṃ ca cyavanasya mām .. 4 .. > Then Sukanyā, covering herself, said to the two best of gods: / "Know me as the daughter of Śaryāti and the wife of Cyavana." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.5) tato'śvinau prahasyaināmabrūtāṃ punareva tu .. kathaṃ tvaṃ ca viditvā tu pitrā dattā''gatā vane .. 5 .. > Then the Aśvins laughed and spoke to her again: / "How is it that, with understanding, given by your father, you have come to the forest? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.6) bhrājase gaganoddeśe vidyutsaudāmanī yathā .. na deveṣvapi tulyāṃ hi tava paśyāva bhāmini .. 6 .. > You shine like lightning in the sky! / Indeed, even among goddesses we see none equal to you, O lovely lady! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.7) sarvābharaṇasaṃpannā paramāṃbaradhāriṇī .. māmaivamanavadyāṃgi tyajainamavivekinam .. 7 .. > Endowed with all ornaments, wearing the finest garments! / Do not \[remain\] thus, O flawless-limbed one; abandon this foolish man! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.8) kasmādevaṃvidhā bhūtvā jarājarjaritaṃ bhuvi .. tvamupāsye hi kalyāṇi kāmabhāvabahiṣkṛtam .. 8 .. > Why, being of such a kind, do you serve on earth / one worn out by old age and devoid of the capacity for desire, O auspicious one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.9) asamarthaṃ paritrāṇe poṣaṇe vā śucismite .. sā tvaṃ cyavanamutsṛjya varayasvaikamāvayoḥ .. 9 .. > incapable of protecting or supporting \[you\], O sweet-smiling lady? / So you, abandoning Cyavana, choose one of us two > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.10) patyarthaṃ devagarbhābhe mā vṛthā yauvanaṃ kṛthāḥ .. evamuktā sukanyā sā surau tāvidamabravīt ..7.1.281.10 .. > for a husband, O woman resembling the offspring of gods! Do not waste your youth!" / Spoken to thus, that Sukanyā said to the two gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.11) ratā'haṃ cyavane patyau na caivaṃ pariśaṃkatam .. tāvabrūtāṃ punaścaitāmāvāṃ devabhiṣagvarau .. 11 .. > "I am devoted to my husband Cyavana; do not doubt thus." / And the two said to her again: "We are the two best physicians of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.12) yuvānaṃ rūpasaṃpannaṃ kariṣyāvaḥ patiṃ tava .. tatastasyāvayoścaiva patimekatamaṃ vṛṇu .. 12 .. > We shall make your husband youthful and endowed with beauty; / then choose one of him and the two of us as your husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.13) etena samayenāvāṃ śamaṃ naya sumadhyame .. sā tayorvacanāddevi upasaṃgamya bhārgavam .. uvāca vākyaṃ yattābhyāmuktaṃ bhṛgusutaṃ prati .. 13 .. > By this agreement, bring us satisfaction, O woman of slender waist!" / At their word, O goddess, she approached the descendant of Bhṛgu / and spoke the word which had been said by the two to the son of Bhṛgu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.14) tadvākyaṃ cyavano bhāryāmuvācādriyatāmiti .. ityuktā cyavanenātha sukanyā tāvuvāca vai .. 14 .. > To that statement, Cyavana said to his wife: "Let it be accepted!" / Spoken to thus by Cyavana, Sukanyā then indeed said to the two: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.15) evaṃ devau bhavadbhyāṃ yatproktaṃ tatkiyatāṃ laghu .. ityuktau bhiṣajau tatra tayā caiva sukanyayā .. ūcatū rājaputrīṃ tāṃ patistava viśatvapaḥ .. 15 .. > "O gods, let what was promised by you be done quickly." / Addressed thus by that Sukanyā, the two physicians / said to that princess: "Let your husband enter the water." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.16) tato'paścyavanaḥ śīghraṃ rūpārthī praviveśa ha .. aśvināvapi taddevi tataḥ prāviśatāṃ jalam .. 16 .. > Then Cyavana, desiring beauty, quickly entered the water. / The Aśvins too, O goddess, then entered the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.17) tato muhūrttāduttīrṇāḥ sarve te sarasastataḥ .. divyarūpadharāḥ sarve yuvāno mṛṣṭakuṇḍalāḥ .. 17 .. > Then after a moment they all emerged from that lake, / all having celestial forms, youthful, with polished earrings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.18) divyaveṣadharāścaiva manasaḥ prītivarddhanāḥ .. te'bruvansahitāḥ sarve vṛṇīṣvānyatamaṃ śubhe .. 18 .. > wearing celestial dress, and enhancing delight of the mind. / They all together said: "Choose any one, O fair one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.19) asmākamīpsitaṃ bhadre yatastvaṃ varavarṇinī .. yatra vāpyabhi kāmāsi taṃ vṛṇīṣva suśobhane .. 19 .. > You are desired by us, O fair lady of excellent complexion! / Or wherever your love lies, choose him, O very beautiful woman!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.20) sā samīkṣya tu tānsarvāṃstulyarūpadharānsthitān .. niścitya manasā buddhyā devi vavre patiṃ svakam .. 7.1.281.20 .. > Looking upon them all standing endowed with identical forms, / having determined with her mind and intellect, O goddess, she chose her own husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.21) labdhvā tu cyavano bhāryāṃ vayorūpamavasthitaḥ .. hṛṣṭo'bravīnmahātejāstau nāsatyāvidaṃ vacaḥ .. 21 .. > Having obtained his wife, and established in youth and beauty, / Cyavana of great splendor, rejoiced, spoke these words to the two Nāsatyas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.22) yadahaṃ rūpasaṃpanno vayasā ca samanvitaḥ .. kṛto bhavadbhyāṃ vṛddhaḥ sanbhāryāṃ ca prāptavānnijām .. tadbrūtaṃ vai vidhāsyāmi bhavatoryadabhīpsitam .. 22 .. > "Since, though old, I have been made endowed with beauty and endowed with youth by you, / and have obtained my own wife, / therefore speak! I will accomplish whatever is desired by you two." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.23) .. aśvināvūcatuḥ .. .. āvāṃ tu devabhiṣajau na ca śakraḥ karoti nau .. somapānārhatāṃ tasmātkuru nau somapāyinau .. 23 .. > The two Aśvins said: / "We are the two physicians of the gods, and Śakra does not grant us / eligibility to drink soma; therefore, make us two drinkers of soma." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.24) .. cyavana uvāca .. .. ahaṃ vāṃ yajñabhāgārhau kariṣye somapāyinau .. 24 .. > Cyavana said: / "I shall make you two drinkers of soma, worthy of a share in the sacrifice." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.25) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatastau hṛṣṭamanasau nāsatyau divi jagmatuḥ .. cyavano'pi sukanyā ca surāviva vijahratuḥ .. 25 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, with delighted minds, the two Nāsatyas went to heaven; / Cyavana and Sukanyā also sported like two gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.281.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281.281) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvara māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 281 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Cyavaneśvara', in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.281.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.124.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.281) · Pramāṇa